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Roy C
3,024 posts
153 months
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SWH said: Turning out onto the A23, north of Brixton, around 0730 today; 10 extra man points for a fine moustache on the driver.  A very nice police-spec Dart. A well-know example, sold recently. As a kid, I remember seeing them lurking, looking for "customers".
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AllNines
344 posts
51 months
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Except that ones's on a different number plate, so presumably not the car sold at auction. Is it also an ex-police car then, with such a similar number?
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Twincam16
27,239 posts
127 months
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It was only a fleeting glance a few weeks back. but out on a walk around Bramhall, not far from my parents' house on Easter Sunday, on Manor Road, I caught sight of an open garage, outside of which was something from the very dawn of motoring.
Bolt-upright plate-glass windscreen, 'horse carriage'-style bodywork, spindly wooden wheels on solid tyres and really rudimentary suspension, aftermarket brass-bodied gas headlights, simple numberplate daubed on the grille.
I've absolutely no idea what it was and I didn't get a photo, but it had an unusual Alfa-style shield-shaped grille, framed in brass of course.
Might anyone on here know? At a guess it was very late Victorian or very early Edwardian.
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Roy C
3,024 posts
153 months
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AllNines said: Except that ones's on a different number plate, so presumably not the car sold at auction. Is it also an ex-police car then, with such a similar number? My mistake - I just remembered seeing "ELL" 
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Cledus Snow
1,475 posts
57 months
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herecomestrouble said:  Pothole said: got any more of 'Spirit of Sixty Six'?  Here's a couple.    And this,  Which has been selling quite well on Forza 4 on the Xbox.
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lowdrag
5,576 posts
82 months
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Seen in a local garsage, and reasonably rare even here. Oh, it has a R5 turbo engine too!  
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nicanary
1,002 posts
15 months
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Twincam16 said: It was only a fleeting glance a few weeks back. but out on a walk around Bramhall, not far from my parents' house on Easter Sunday, on Manor Road, I caught sight of an open garage, outside of which was something from the very dawn of motoring.
Bolt-upright plate-glass windscreen, 'horse carriage'-style bodywork, spindly wooden wheels on solid tyres and really rudimentary suspension, aftermarket brass-bodied gas headlights, simple numberplate daubed on the grille.
I've absolutely no idea what it was and I didn't get a photo, but it had an unusual Alfa-style shield-shaped grille, framed in brass of course.
Might anyone on here know? At a guess it was very late Victorian or very early Edwardian. I'm racking my brain for a shield shape marque - Problem is that at that time there were literally hundreds of makes of car available in the UK, and they all tried to establish their individuality by little things like the radiator shape. If it was more of an oval then it could be Spyker, or even a Delaunay-Belleville, but that was a HUGE thing.
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spoodler
735 posts
24 months
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AllNines said: Except that ones's on a different number plate, so presumably not the car sold at auction. Is it also an ex-police car then, with such a similar number? Certainly looks like it as it still has the light and bell fitted above the front bumper...
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Mr. Magoo
450 posts
97 months
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STash07 said: Spotted this on a rainy Thursday in Gretna services  Bentley or Lagonda? head light positioning makes me think the former
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fflyingdog
490 posts
108 months
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lowdrag said: Seen in a local garsage, and reasonably rare even here. Oh, it has a R5 turbo engine too! I loved my Renault 4 van ,most reliable shed i ever did have ,IIRC it used to go pretty well as standard (although a little 'leeny' around corners)
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Fane
614 posts
69 months
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Mr. Magoo said: Bentley or Lagonda? head light positioning makes me think the former It's a Bentley. I *think* it's a blue label 3 litre. Possibly a 4 1/2 litre. The radiators are different, but i'm not an expert, so i'll leave that to others.
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A9XXC
527 posts
18 months
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Blown2CV said: velocemitch said: deltashad said: Wow... come on you can't leave us hanging, this must be a replica but give us some more info please  is that window just dropped to that angle? Thats how they all (including the originals) wind down!
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Ali2202
2,741 posts
73 months
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loveoldclassics
164 posts
14 months
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I saw this Mini Cooper this afternoon in Battle.  
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Snoggledog
6,049 posts
86 months
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Have seen a beautiful black Lancia Flavia coupe driving around High Wycombe recently. Sadly no photos This is something I snapped recently though.. 
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Pothole
18,091 posts
151 months
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Pretty sure I saw a Gordon Keeble on the A6 near Market Harborough yesterday. It going in the opposite direction to me and I was almost out of petrol and rushing home to catch the FA Cup final or I'd have looped back round for a proper spot. Looked lovely, deep burgundy like this one, might even have been this one, who knows? 
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4rephill
1,403 posts
47 months
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Ali2202 said: Hubba! - Hubba! 
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loveoldclassics
164 posts
14 months
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googleowl
281 posts
22 months
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Mr. Magoo said: STash07 said: Spotted this on a rainy Thursday in Gretna services Bentley or Lagonda? head light positioning makes me think the former Sorry only just seen this, it was a Bentley well thats what the badge on the back said anyway  but then I don't know a thing about these older cars so don't know if someone would put a Bentley badge on a Lagonda??? A bit like the chryslers now a days or is a Lagonda better than a Bentley?? Sorry didn't get anymore photos just grabbed this quick one as I was walking back to the van. :edit: just realised I changed my username since putting this photo up 
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stuarte
451 posts
53 months
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 Very bad picture (I blame my phone. Definitely not to do with the lunch time "sherrys" I had enjoyed earlier) of an aesthetically pleasing couple spotted in Primrose Hill yesterday.
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